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next up, hearing looking and syria. over 5000 people have died in syria, including 300 children, as protests and violent clashes continued. the united nations human rights council says syria should be investigated by the international criminal court. >> the subcommittee will come to order. as has been well documented, the human rights being -- human rights violations being perpetrated in damascus are horrifying. we have documented some of the rest of calling him widespread human rights abuses witnessed in -- some of the of the most appalling and widespread human rights abuses witnessed in the past decade. abuse, murder, sexual violence, torture, and the abuse and murder of children. witnesses report the torture, abuse and rape of children no more than 15. one military defector stated that he decided to defect after witnessing the shooting of a 2- year-old girl by an officer who affirmed that he did not want her to grow into a demonstrator. the english language does not have words strong enough to adequately condemn the
next up, hearing looking and syria. over 5000 people have died in syria, including 300 children, as protests and violent clashes continued. the united nations human rights council says syria should be investigated by the international criminal court. >> the subcommittee will come to order. as has been well documented, the human rights being -- human rights violations being perpetrated in damascus are horrifying. we have documented some of the rest of calling him widespread human rights...
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-backed intervention in libya -- lineup in syria? -- why not in syria? what i get asked this question a number of times. -- >> i get asked this question a number of times. it cannot take a cookie cutter approach to that region and decide have been applied force in one area, it makes sent in another area. -- decide having applied force in one area, it makes sense in another area. the fact turkey has imposed sanctions, all of this is isolating the government in syria. i cannot tell you when, it is a ister of time before a asad taken off of his position of leadership in syria. it is tragic, obviously, that there are people that are dying. the key right now is to continue to put pressure on them, to continue the international unity that is continuing to make the effort to replace him. that is working. it is working effectively. let's give that some time to read it will always join with the international community -- let's give that some time. we will always toyed with the international community. >> because of the disastrous economic situation, a lot of peop
-backed intervention in libya -- lineup in syria? -- why not in syria? what i get asked this question a number of times. -- >> i get asked this question a number of times. it cannot take a cookie cutter approach to that region and decide have been applied force in one area, it makes sent in another area. -- decide having applied force in one area, it makes sense in another area. the fact turkey has imposed sanctions, all of this is isolating the government in syria. i cannot tell you...
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>> first of all, the prime minister and i discussed syria. we share the view that when the syrian people are being killed, or are unable to express themselves, that is a problem. there's no disagreement there. i have expressed my outrage in how the syrian regime has been operating. i do believe that president assaad missed an opportunity to reform his government. he chose the path of repression and has continued to engage in repressive tactics, so that his credibility, his capacity to regain legitimacy in syria is deeply eroded. it is not an easy situation. i expressed to prime minister maliki my recognition that given syria is on iraq's borders, that iraq is in a tough neighborhood. well consult closely with them as we move forward, but we believe that international pressure, the approach we have taken, along with partner around the world to impose sanctions and to call on assaad to step down, a position that is increasingly mirrored by the arab league states, is the right position to take. even if there are tactical disagreements between ir
>> first of all, the prime minister and i discussed syria. we share the view that when the syrian people are being killed, or are unable to express themselves, that is a problem. there's no disagreement there. i have expressed my outrage in how the syrian regime has been operating. i do believe that president assaad missed an opportunity to reform his government. he chose the path of repression and has continued to engage in repressive tactics, so that his credibility, his capacity to...
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and sticking with our top story in syria as r.t. speaks with a french journalist reporting from the country throughout the conflict and sharing his firsthand impressions of what's really happening there stay with us. as the conflict in syria continues it's been extremely hard to establish exactly what's been happening here inside the country we're joined now by independent journalist the erema sun thank you very much for joining us now you've been working on the ground here in syria can you tell us what your perceptions of the situation are big in we've some groups entering inside the country. making big problems trying to create islamic emirates one of the border first in jordan and various people. some of those two to me who began fighting groups and. called the nation with political opposition. to this country a very. long history of position between sparty in boost the brotherhood saw no reason that i didn't speak to in this. groups coming from abroad so that's why these groups come in. because we have some support now inside th
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syrian army but not syria but you know in sting libya the support in the street was only in syria and the care because there was. an old contentious between syrian people it and i was whose country was created artificially very late so you don't have such a thing in syria and so you're the only way to divide the people is to use the contrition rule so we try to do that now. below it's. so nice and of course of course to. question losing so but if you mean fight there you want to create peace between and i would send signals last competition a war in syria. hundred sixty years ago so it's difficult to prevent how do you see the situation progressing now first on the military level. i think that all b. reaction to destabilize the country are not working we see a lot of problems a lot of people killed but this is not a civil war great way to organize if they want to enter with foreign troops inside like be doing libya or using proxy from the gulf council i think. the problem is based country israel will battle glorious countries leaving since sixty years in the released who is that will
syrian army but not syria but you know in sting libya the support in the street was only in syria and the care because there was. an old contentious between syrian people it and i was whose country was created artificially very late so you don't have such a thing in syria and so you're the only way to divide the people is to use the contrition rule so we try to do that now. below it's. so nice and of course of course to. question losing so but if you mean fight there you want to create peace...
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syria is able to resist very long time to be. pressured from the top do you think the president is that they now has the capability the capacity to remain in power of course and. the problem is that the people who try to destabilize assad. stronger are sort of the that they are creating the meat they have already. they will have. said at the beginning of a wrong evolution of the program they think it would be very simple walk to the grave . if. conversational civil war but they make a mistake a very great. we've dealt a number of off we put didn't in libya when they created this leak in your eight mainly because he became very thinly behind in syria. they have a lot of weapons from the beginning because they seized from the army not to leave in the same smuggling underworld you know but they have very big stocks so very can have a basis to extend the civil war in the country but here they think that and after that they used to the people way of sent going from one told to another creating problem for one tone to another but not a
syria is able to resist very long time to be. pressured from the top do you think the president is that they now has the capability the capacity to remain in power of course and. the problem is that the people who try to destabilize assad. stronger are sort of the that they are creating the meat they have already. they will have. said at the beginning of a wrong evolution of the program they think it would be very simple walk to the grave . if. conversational civil war but they make a mistake a...
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if there is a regime change in syria, syria is not going to change position on the golan, on syria for the most part but it will change its position on hezbollah, precisely because of that and what the turks are worried about, and they sent a warning about 10 days ago not to do something crazy in the region. because the fear has been that in desperation, maybe bashar is going to use hezbollah. not necessarily that hezbollah is an instrument of bashar, but you can create a scenario in which events happen that engages the hezbollah indirectly and then you have a firefight of the lebanon which would maybe work to bashar's advantage in terms of galvanizing the puppets of the region. the turks do not want to see that because it will work against the whole region and themselves. >> does iran want to see a confrontation? >> between? >> hezbollah and -- >> no, i don't think that's what they're looking for in the short term. if you look at iran in the last year and a half they've been struck by assassinations, major sanctions as well as things blowing up left and right around torain and elsewhe
if there is a regime change in syria, syria is not going to change position on the golan, on syria for the most part but it will change its position on hezbollah, precisely because of that and what the turks are worried about, and they sent a warning about 10 days ago not to do something crazy in the region. because the fear has been that in desperation, maybe bashar is going to use hezbollah. not necessarily that hezbollah is an instrument of bashar, but you can create a scenario in which...
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syria is following in its footsteps. their stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction are growing, as are their ballistic missile capabilities are growing and their arsenals of other advanced weapons are being made available to enemies of the u.s. and its allies. we must act decisively to end this threat before it spreads even further. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves her time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: we're rapidly moving from iran sanctions to sanctioning the world here. i stand in support of nonproliferation. i think that we ought to -- that this country should be leading the world towards nuclear abolition. let us not forget that when the soviet union fell, there was one country that got rid of its nuclear weapons. ukraine. and ukraine today, while there's political problems there, they still stand strong as a community, as a nation among nations for having taken that direction. we need to be encoura
syria is following in its footsteps. their stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction are growing, as are their ballistic missile capabilities are growing and their arsenals of other advanced weapons are being made available to enemies of the u.s. and its allies. we must act decisively to end this threat before it spreads even further. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves her time. the gentleman...
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they are all of them inside syria and the. spanish reporter was first in libya recognized them here in the inside of the top of beasts a so-called free syrian army but not syria but you know in steam libya for supporting the street it was only in syria in the car because there was. an old contentious between syrian care and tripoli tonight which was this country was created artificially very late so you don't have such a thing in syria and so you have the only way to divide the people is to use the confession of war so we try to do that now. below it's. so nice and of course more so to. christian jews and so but to have a main fight they want to create peace between i would since his last competition a war in the syria. hundred sixty years ago so it's difficult to prevent how do you see the situation progressing now first on the military level. i think that all be reaction to destabilize the country are not working we see a lot of problems a lot of people killed but this is not a civil war great way to organize if they want to
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iran has really only two allies left, syria and hezbollah. when assad steps aside which he most under doubtedly will do, iran will lose one of its last proxies in the world. and it will further focus the attention of the international community on what has to occur here and create some differing political circumstances that i think will help us to further isolate iran and make it pay a price for its illicit activities. >> thank you. >> senator casey, thank you. let me just say, i think we in the congress have a difference of opinion about a particular st step. but i want to assure my friend and colleague that on the issue of urgency i can attest that i can't think of any issue that is concentrating the minds of the administration right now more than this or at any other time. yesterday i was at the white house in a meeting about this technique topic. i know that the secretary of state and state department are as focused on it as can be. i don't think anybody has tphan illusions about the time frame or urgency. there may be differences about t
iran has really only two allies left, syria and hezbollah. when assad steps aside which he most under doubtedly will do, iran will lose one of its last proxies in the world. and it will further focus the attention of the international community on what has to occur here and create some differing political circumstances that i think will help us to further isolate iran and make it pay a price for its illicit activities. >> thank you. >> senator casey, thank you. let me just say, i...
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in libya and here in syria. we established diplomatic relationships with assad and have the embassy there, in spite of all of the crisis to remove him. we have sat on the sideline and done nothing other than say, we would like to see him leave. it is like filling out your bracket for the ncaa. it is not going to work unless you have a policy. this president, for every thug and hooligan, for every radical islamist, he has had nothing but appeasement. we saw that during the lead up to world war ii, appeasement. we saw that if we can open up the negotiating, this will work. ladies and gentlemen, learn from history, not just the history of world war ii, the thousand year history before that. we need a president who can talk truthful to the american public about what is at stake. what is at stake is clear as we look at the situation in iran. iran is on the present this of developing a nuclear -- is on the precipice of developing a nuclear weapon. we need someone who has the courage of their convictions, the experienc
in libya and here in syria. we established diplomatic relationships with assad and have the embassy there, in spite of all of the crisis to remove him. we have sat on the sideline and done nothing other than say, we would like to see him leave. it is like filling out your bracket for the ncaa. it is not going to work unless you have a policy. this president, for every thug and hooligan, for every radical islamist, he has had nothing but appeasement. we saw that during the lead up to world war...
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a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative. of the official t. application. called touch from the. video . calls an r.s.s. feeds with the palm of your. questions. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. he. says. i asked. you you. if . hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle an old organization finding a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative for them the arab league is very selective when it comes to sanctions and its own members and those hostile to the arab league call it a tool of western powers. to cross talk the arab league i'm joined by monzer slain in washington he is director of the center for american arab studies and a national security affairs analyst also in washington we have hussein ab
a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative. of the official t. application. called touch from the. video . calls an r.s.s. feeds with the palm of your. questions. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. he....
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syria may collapse. with that, that would be a serious blow not just to iran's on influence, but with hezbollah, which has been a ron's great arm for both deterrence and punishment for anyone it did not like. but in syria and iraq, you see the saudis at loggerheads. look at the turks, potentially for balance. it is principally a sunni country, it has religious roots in feeling and orientation. but it is also not exactly an islamic country. there is great secularism. they went through north africa basically saying that individuals cannot be secularist but governments and systems have to be secular. so it is a government that is actually a member of the west, has alliances with the west, but is increasingly being an important role in foreign policy, both in the region and beyond. and when you look at turkish foreign policy, it has two drivers. number one, turkey wants to be an important global player. it is not just regional. the region in some ways is the steppingstone for greatness. the turks are now par
syria may collapse. with that, that would be a serious blow not just to iran's on influence, but with hezbollah, which has been a ron's great arm for both deterrence and punishment for anyone it did not like. but in syria and iraq, you see the saudis at loggerheads. look at the turks, potentially for balance. it is principally a sunni country, it has religious roots in feeling and orientation. but it is also not exactly an islamic country. there is great secularism. they went through north...
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and turning back to syria now r.t. speaks with a french journalist reporting from the country throughout the conflict and shares his firsthand impressions on what's really going on. i. as the conflict in syria continues it's been extremely hard to establish exactly what's been happening inside the country we're joined now by independent journalist the airing my son thank you very much for joining us now you've been working on the ground here in syria can you tell us what your perceptions of the situation could begin we've seen groups inside the country. making big problems. slim rates when the border first. and various people. recruit some of them to to make bigger fighting groups and no way up in three min coordination with the political opposition to this country very. long history of the position between the party in the brotherhood saw no reason that i didn't speak to in this. groups coming from abroad so that's why this groups come in go quite everywhere because b. of some support and inside the population begin b
and turning back to syria now r.t. speaks with a french journalist reporting from the country throughout the conflict and shares his firsthand impressions on what's really going on. i. as the conflict in syria continues it's been extremely hard to establish exactly what's been happening inside the country we're joined now by independent journalist the airing my son thank you very much for joining us now you've been working on the ground here in syria can you tell us what your perceptions of the...
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arab league observers began working in syria. the u.s. accuses damascus of step attacks against its own people at of their arrival. a new outpouring of public grief is expected on the streets of p'yongyang. a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and our around the world. how this iconic paris cathedral fell in and out of favor and back in again. the giant outdoor escalator transforming lives and one of columbia's poorest neighborhoods. several thousand israelis have demonstrated in the town of beit shemesh to condemn the behavior of old so orthodox jews who want to segregate between the sexes. the behavior of -- the israeli president has said a minority in israel is acting is -- is acting outrageously. >> by early evening, thousands had gathered in beit shemesh angry at the treatment of women by ultra orthodox jews who want greater separation between the sexes. in recent months, many israelis have been shocked of grown men hurl abuse at school girls. their crime, dressing in modestly. >> >> over the weekend, israeli televisi
arab league observers began working in syria. the u.s. accuses damascus of step attacks against its own people at of their arrival. a new outpouring of public grief is expected on the streets of p'yongyang. a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and our around the world. how this iconic paris cathedral fell in and out of favor and back in again. the giant outdoor escalator transforming lives and one of columbia's poorest neighborhoods. several thousand israelis have demonstrated...
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a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative for them the arab league is very selective when it comes to sanctions and its own members and those hostile to the arab league call it a tool of western powers. to cross not the arab league i'm joined by monzer slain in washington he is director of the center for american arab studies and a national security affairs analyst also in washington we have hussein abdul hussein he is the washington bureau chief of the kuwaiti newspaper all right and in paris we cross to tell me he is the editor in chief and co-founder of arab thank dot com all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at the arab league and syria. for decades now the arab league has had a shaky reputation often being dismissed as ineffective and tending only to the interests of its autocratic regimes but with the onset of the arab spring it has managed to come to the forefront as a regional mediator calling t
a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative for them the arab league is very selective when it comes to sanctions and its own members and those hostile to the arab league call it a tool of western powers. to cross not the arab league i'm joined by monzer slain in washington he is director of the center for american arab studies and a national security affairs analyst also in washington we have hussein...
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stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. there may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we are told of the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been that there to the outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in the containing the danger of spread of weapons from out of that country something else i'd like to ask you said libyan militants known to operate in syria what does that say about the nature of the syrian unrest that we've seen so far and why indeed does it appear that the u.n. members seem to be holding back from denouncing that what's happening there two weeks ago the russian delegation introduced a draft the security council resolution to the council trying to encourage the political process encourage the league of arab states money during mission which is being deployed now in syri
stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. there may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we are told of the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been that there to the outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in the containing the danger of spread...
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a discredited regime is still violently clinging to power in syria. though the pressure against it is increasing dramatically each day. i want to condemn in the strongest possible termsthe assad regime's murder and torture of children that the un reported this week in geneva. deservedlyduct has brought scorn and pressure and punishing sanctions, not just by the united states and europe, but now by the arab league and turkey as well. continuedn,iran's drive to develop nuclear capabilities including troubling enrichment activities and past work on what the position that has now been documented by the iaea and its continued support to groups like hezbollah, hamas, and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in tehran remains a very grave threat for all of us. all this of people, all of this of people -- of people -- upheavel is causing new challenges for israel in the region very in this time of understandable anxiety, i would like to underscore one thing -- that has stayed constant over the past three years of this administration -- the
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necks as international pressure mounts on syria either bennett talks to one of britain's foremost jenice jonathan state of the guardian newspaper his take on possible solutions to the country's political crisis. i'm joined by jonathan steele former chief correspondent of the guardian newspaper and now a commentator on international affairs jonathan thanks for speaking to r.t. europe now the u.k. recently been approached by the king of jordan to spearhead a diplomatic offensive against assad william hague the foreign secretary is now met with opposition leaders is this the preamble to another libyan start intervention. it could be i mean we can't be sure and i think it's dangerous it might be i mean they're trying to be hague's message to the opposition is to get your act together unite on a common platform in other words to turn yourself much more like the libyan opposition who the government also talked to and then eventually recognized as the official government of libya so i think it is the first stage to trying to recognize the opposition. and there are hints more from france than fr
necks as international pressure mounts on syria either bennett talks to one of britain's foremost jenice jonathan state of the guardian newspaper his take on possible solutions to the country's political crisis. i'm joined by jonathan steele former chief correspondent of the guardian newspaper and now a commentator on international affairs jonathan thanks for speaking to r.t. europe now the u.k. recently been approached by the king of jordan to spearhead a diplomatic offensive against assad...
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take up they have suspended syria from membership. -- >> they have suspended syria from membership, and they have imposed sanctions. they're not only the sanctions against members of the regime, but there are sanctions against the central bank of syria, which means --[inaudible] >> travel for diplomats and such. they go pretty far. do sanctions ever work? there are evidence that has limited defense. coming outab league so dramatically and forcefully against one of their own -- that is a big step. >> the symbol is not the gesture. the functions, levitan will not respect the sub -- 11 on will not respect the sanctions. iran will not respect the sanctions. -- lebanon will not respect the sanctions. it will be the single. the condemnation will not be. >> let's talk about the united states and how the obama administration has handled this walking on a tight rope. in egypt, a close relationship of many years, and look at egypt's relationship with israel. that is on the table. support of the military over all of these years. yemen -- we are worried about al qaeda in yemen. the united states is
take up they have suspended syria from membership. -- >> they have suspended syria from membership, and they have imposed sanctions. they're not only the sanctions against members of the regime, but there are sanctions against the central bank of syria, which means --[inaudible] >> travel for diplomats and such. they go pretty far. do sanctions ever work? there are evidence that has limited defense. coming outab league so dramatically and forcefully against one of their own -- that...
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in syria however are quite scary because people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving this crisis and interacting with the conflicting sides of it let's look at libya where the international intervention took place and the arab states acted according to the progress there in syria's instance it was the into arabic intervention especially on the part of the council states it was intended to resolve the crisis in the interests of the entire region and i hope that we the arabs and residents of this region will be able to resolve a problem on our own or a famine that it can comb through on the stand you correctly that you are against any intervention in syria situation except for regional forces. when you write firstly nobody outside this region wants to intervene in resolving this very complicated problem the consequences of an intervention would impact all countries of the region keeping this in mind we believe that the syrian leadersh
in syria however are quite scary because people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving this crisis and interacting with the conflicting sides of it let's look at libya where the international intervention took place and the arab states acted according to the progress there in syria's instance it was the into arabic intervention especially on the...
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the city of homs in syria. and for more on this situation in syria i'm now joined live by international affairs commentator recross all of this talk nato organization a web based information campaign against the lines mr rose that think of so much for joining us now so western countries and says president assad is personally cracking down on peaceful protesters why is it that that nine months on the rest continues with reports suggesting the opposition is actually getting stronger. i am speaking to from chicago and not from either damascus so i don't claim to have time to be privy rather than cite information about what's happening internally in syria your reporters are doing a good job i think covering that aspect of the crisis my concern is more what is happening in the region in general and what internal developments which may not remain so starkly internal inside syria for time for the region and also the pattern of destabilization overthrows of the overthrow of governments throughout the arab world so far
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the arab league gives syria a sunday deadline to accept or in the design of the country off a small action it follows if you want to human rights council resolution condemning damascus the violence emotion opposed saying it was one sided. and voting is already under way in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in the east of the country with counting to begin after their ballot closes nationwide all sunday. news from russia under around the world this is r.c. with me thanks for joining us they have to show results of egypt's historic election that have been delayed for a second time causing frustration among protesters on tahrir square however leaks reports suggest that the muslim brotherhood's political party has made the strongest gains this year has all the details for us from cairo. we have to see the results of individual candidates because these were elections in which people were voting for the individual candidates as well as political parties and in this respect only four out of fifty three members of parliament have been officially elected the remaining were u
the arab league gives syria a sunday deadline to accept or in the design of the country off a small action it follows if you want to human rights council resolution condemning damascus the violence emotion opposed saying it was one sided. and voting is already under way in russia's parliamentary elections as polling stations open in the east of the country with counting to begin after their ballot closes nationwide all sunday. news from russia under around the world this is r.c. with me thanks...
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in terms of syria, the arab world wants to see syria's leader removed because he is in the process of slauthering his own people who want, like the people elsewhere, to have a voice in their government. so i don't adopt your premise. i believe that president obama has shown great courage and great leadership in a very polarized environment in which cooperation with the congress he has found to be almost impossible. i think that's lamentable but i think it is an accurate reflection on the present political situation that he confronts. if in fact the intent by some is simply to defeat president obama, then any success that he would have in growing jobs or anything else would be counter intuitive for that objective. further more, as it relates to president obama would be, as i think a perfect example where he wanted to in the most surgical way bring to a close a tyrannical dictatorship that was commiting extraordinary human rights abufse that killed -- was killing its own people that threatened to inileyate the people of bin gazzie and i think he did so in exrayly successful way not losi
in terms of syria, the arab world wants to see syria's leader removed because he is in the process of slauthering his own people who want, like the people elsewhere, to have a voice in their government. so i don't adopt your premise. i believe that president obama has shown great courage and great leadership in a very polarized environment in which cooperation with the congress he has found to be almost impossible. i think that's lamentable but i think it is an accurate reflection on the...
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near the border between syria key and syria in the skin the room which is very across the border basically from aleppo let's see two hours early going to investigate that you are really going to hurt first against shipment stand smuggling weapons by the jordanian syrian border we still don't know but it's a tall order for the area each full season there easer not exactly democracies they are investigating one of their all but they're also implicated in the whole big picture. the claim that the syrian opposition is being backed by extremist fighters shared by foreign journalists working on the ground later this hour r.t. here's my french reporter who exposed the rest through eyewitness accounts. i i think that all of the the action to destabilize the country are not working we see a lot of people killed but this is not perceived war quite well if they want to interweave throwing troops inside leg. using proxy from the gulf can see. the problem because based company is ready for about. the duma putin pledges the government will do everything possible to ensure transparency in the upcoming pr
near the border between syria key and syria in the skin the room which is very across the border basically from aleppo let's see two hours early going to investigate that you are really going to hurt first against shipment stand smuggling weapons by the jordanian syrian border we still don't know but it's a tall order for the area each full season there easer not exactly democracies they are investigating one of their all but they're also implicated in the whole big picture. the claim that the...
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have to compose itself most probably it's not in syria that it finds composition but outside of syria. the solution for the current president assad. is depending on what the external forces will will agree upon of on how to handle the syrian case if it is like yugoslavia is a said it went on for about twelve to eighteen months of tentative negotiations broken peace agreements to then reach the outbreak of war the un peacekeeping that was followed by the need to need to intervention after the dayton agreement so if that is the path it is repeated we already know the history it would be here were you saying thank you for your informed force in the program pal or a phone there a brussels based think tank specializing from brussels based think tank specializing on political analysis thank you. let me put in pledges the government will do everything possible to ensure transparency in the upcoming presidential election the prime minister said it's actually the best interest as a candid it is nataly novikov more about that announcement as well as other developments in the russian world of to
have to compose itself most probably it's not in syria that it finds composition but outside of syria. the solution for the current president assad. is depending on what the external forces will will agree upon of on how to handle the syrian case if it is like yugoslavia is a said it went on for about twelve to eighteen months of tentative negotiations broken peace agreements to then reach the outbreak of war the un peacekeeping that was followed by the need to need to intervention after the...
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city of homs in syria. he says they want foreign intervention in syria don't really have humanitarian. we know how the syrian people feel they're all against foreign intervention and we've seen what foreign intervention has done in our country in iraq for example and in libya recently it was a disaster so nobody no arab i think not only let alone the syrians know out i would welcome a foreign intervention that these people be so called opposition has gone out of their minds i think that they're just lost and they're beginning actually to lose contact complete contact with the syrian people it's the simple as that these people are desperate they want power they they of course they want to topple the syrian regime and they don't care about the country you know even if the country is destroyed as long as there is toppled as long as they. gain power they don't care much about their own homeland after all they've been out of their country for a long time and i don't think they have anybody who called so foreign
city of homs in syria. he says they want foreign intervention in syria don't really have humanitarian. we know how the syrian people feel they're all against foreign intervention and we've seen what foreign intervention has done in our country in iraq for example and in libya recently it was a disaster so nobody no arab i think not only let alone the syrians know out i would welcome a foreign intervention that these people be so called opposition has gone out of their minds i think that they're...
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of course syria has quite good relations with iran. so they've decided i think that it's almost like a proxy war against iran if you can topple assad it's like it's considered to be a sort of proxy of blow against the government in iran so does the fear of iran really outweigh any concern in syria descending into civil war well i'm not even sure it's fear you know are they really afraid of iran i think it's more that they want to undermine the regime in iran and i think i think it's hostility to iran i would say rather than fear of because what is there to be afraid of with iran you know the only thing is this question of nuclear weapons which is still a long way down the line before iran would have a deliverable nuclear weapon it's first got to create the warheads on the weapons if it's building them and then it's got to have the delivery system that could transport these things safely and you know drop them. position and father at the right target which is some way off so there's no reason to be really afraid of iran and anyway there
of course syria has quite good relations with iran. so they've decided i think that it's almost like a proxy war against iran if you can topple assad it's like it's considered to be a sort of proxy of blow against the government in iran so does the fear of iran really outweigh any concern in syria descending into civil war well i'm not even sure it's fear you know are they really afraid of iran i think it's more that they want to undermine the regime in iran and i think i think it's hostility...
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stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. well they may be ending up in various places and in fact of the traumatic regional effects of the libyan conflict apply not only to the possibility of the spread of weapons but also own migrant workers who were working in libya but then they had to leave the country and create all sorts of tensions in the homelands as to the you know the particular the issue of the weapons it's not just the united nations but under the aegis of the central of the united nations a lot of work is being done on that the best thing i can report of this point is that we're told that the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been that they're to the outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in the containing the danger of spread of weapons from out of that country something else i'd like to ask you say the libyan milita
stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. well they may be ending up in various places and in fact of the traumatic regional effects of the libyan conflict apply not only to the possibility of the spread of weapons but also own migrant workers who were working in libya but then they had to leave the country and create all sorts of tensions in the homelands as to the you know the particular the issue of the weapons it's not just the united nations but under the aegis of the central...